Ash-sifter



G. PALMAI'IER.

ASH SIPTBR.

N0.415554. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

ashes from the sieve.

UNITED STTES PATENT FFICEQ (5PILES PALMATIER, OF SOHENECTADY, NE\V YORK.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICAIION formng part of Letters Patent No. 415,554, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed March 16, 1889. Serial No. 303,530 (No model.)

T0 (bZZ w7wm it may concern:

Be it known that I GILES PALMATIER, EL citizen of the United States, residing at Scheneetady, in the county of Schenectady and State of Ne\\ Y01k, have invented eertain neiV and nsefn1 I1n provements in Ash-Sifters; and I do hereby deeiare the following to be a fu1i, clear' and exact description of the invention, sueh as wi1l enable others skilled in the art t0 which it appertains to make and use the same.

This iiwention refers to en i1nprovement in aslrsifters, the object there0f being t0 simplify and eheapen the eonstrnction of the Same, so that as an a1tiele of honsehold nse sueh 2m ash-sifter may be brought within the pnrehasing; reaeh of all; and the invention consists in the eonstruetion, arrangement, and combination of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter deseribed, and then more speeifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figme 1 is a perspeotive view of my improved ash-sifter. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view of the Same, showing the manner in whieh it may be attaehed to the barrel, and also indieating the way in whieh the cylindrieal seve may be removed from its easing when it is desired to discharge the Fig. 3 is en enlarged detail view of a p01ti0n of the sieve 01 sifter, end shows the way in which its o emtingshait is eonneeted thereto and to the means '01 lifting the sifter fr0m ts casing and replaeing it therein.

Similar letters of iefeienee designete 001- responding pa1ts in the different figures.

In proeeeding t0 eznry 1ny in"ention int0 practical effect I employ a eylindricai sieve 01 sifter, consisting of the cylindrieal netwerk of wire 01 other suitably meshed mate- 1iai A, which cylindrieai net-W01k is seenred to the s01id heads A A. This sifter is pro vided with a horizontal shaft B running eentrally through the Same and seeured at the center pointe of the two heads, said shaft be ing formed at 0ne end outside of the head with a handie B', whereby the sifter is mrated. The shaft B a1so is carried at eaeh end in bearings in a suitablyshaped casing, adapted t0 surround and contain the rotary sifting device, so that when said device is being revohed it may be e10se1y confined within a box 01 easing to prevent any nndesirable escape of the dust and ashes.

The casing which I e1np1oy for the purpose of eontaining my rotznry sifter is preferably made in 21 hexagonal form, and consists of the two paits C and D the part D being monnted np0n t horizontal p1ate E, whieih has en opening of greater 01 lees sze, and whieh piate is adpted to be loeated npon the top of a barrel, as F, (see Fig. 2,) to whieh it may be seen re1y attached by the clamping-screws a a, 01. by any other eonvenient 1neans as maybe e1nployed 01 nsed f01 the pnrpose. The upper part C of the casing is hinged to the part D, so that it may be easily lifted therefrom. Said part 0 is also provided With a cateh, eonsisting of a flat meta1 spring b, secnrely fastened thereto in a verti-ea1 position and overlapping the part D of the casing, sad overlapping part of the spring b being perforated, L11d1311118 adapted t0 engage a projecting pin 0 011 the part D of the easng. It wi11 thus be seen that when the two parts C and D zne brought together the cateh just deseribed Wi11 1101d them securely fastened together in a c10sed position.

The eylindrical ash-sifter is construeted in sueh a 1nanner that a longitndinztl section of the cylindrieal net-work A may be removed from the rest of the cylinder, said remmal being aecomplished by having the two end pieees A A properly ent, so that the porti0n thereof which is eonnected to one end of the longitudinal seetion of the eylinderas, f01 instanee, the part A may be hinged to the head A, (see Fig. 2,) while the other part towhich the other end of the ]ongitndinal section of the cylinder is attached (see d, Fig. 2) is provided with L cateh e, adapted t0 engage 21 pin on the head A of the sifter. Thus it will be manifest that in 0tde1t0 open the sieve t0 piaee ashes therein 01 to discharge c0als therefrom such Opening aan he easily aceomplished by simp1y lifting the longitndinal section of the sieve, which is hinged as just described. In the left-hand part of Fig. 2 the longitndinal seetion is shown in its open position.

It becomes necessary to provide means for removing easiiy the rotary sifter f101n its positon within the casing when it is desired to diseharge the c0a1s from the sifter, and also for replaeing the sifter within the casing after this discharge of the eoals therefrom has been completed. In order to aecomplish this easily and expeditiously, I ha"e devised mech anism therefor, consisting of a horizontal shaft G, provided at one end with a crank 11 and journaled in projecting arms f f 011 the lower seetion D of the easng, said shaft =G being loeated in proxin1ity to the upper edge of said seetion D. Ihe shaft G is provided with two arms I I, which are bent near the point where they are connectedto the shaft G, and Wh0h are profided at their.ter1ninal points With terminal bearings g, whieh bearings'reeeive the shaft B, that is fastened to the cylindrical ash-sifter, and by means of which said sifter is rotated. It will be evident that the user of the device aan, by laying held of the crank-handle II and rotating the same, cause the eylindrical ash-sieve to be lifted from its position within the easng where its shaft B rests in the bearings provided in the sdes of said casing f01 t, and transferred out of the casing into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, where, by unelasping the cateh of said sieve, Theinovable section thereof can be opened and the coals whch have been freed fr01n ashes during the revolutions of the sifter withn its easing be diseharged into some suitable receptacle provided to receive then1.

The movernent of the upper secton C of thecasing, when it is desired to remove the sifter fron1 within the Same 01 replaee it, is shown c1early in dotted 1ines in Fig. 2. In

order to 1101d the cover C in its open position easily while the sieve is being 1ifted and freed of its eoa1s, I proxde the pivoted brace z", eonnected to the upper part 0 and the 10wer part D of the casing, as shown in Fig. 2.

Havng thus deserbed n1 y invention, what I claim as new, and desre t0 secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an ash-sifter, the.combination of the hexagonal casing consistng of two hinged sections, the rotary cylindrical sifter and its shaft Carried in bearings in said casing, and means for removing the sifter from the casing, eonsisting of a horizontal crank-shaft having arms secured thereto, which arrns are provided wth terminal journals for receiving the shaft of the rotary sifter, substantallyas described.

2. In an ash-sifter,the combination,with the casing and the rotary sifter, of means f0r removing said sifter from the casing, consisting of a horizontal crank-shaft having; arms provided with terminal j ournals that 1101d the shaft of the sifter, snbstantially as described.

3. In an as1rsifter, the eombination, With the casing and the rotary sifter, of a horizontal shaft G, journaled in suitable bearngs and haxing a crank-handle II, and ar1ns I I, secnred 011 shaft G, and provided With terminal journa1s g, that re0eve the shaft of the rotary sifter, substantially as deseribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenee of two witnesses.

GILES PALMA'IIER.

\Vitnessesz IIENRY J. CLUTE, CHARLES Y. SCOTT. 

